Dinosaur tail feathers found encased in amber found at a market in Myanmar

By Miriam Webber
Updated December 11 2016 - 2:13pm, first published December 9 2016 - 10:08am
A 99-million-year-old piece of amber with a feathered dinosaur tail trapped inside.  Photo: Ryan McKellar/Royal Saskatchewan Museum
A 99-million-year-old piece of amber with a feathered dinosaur tail trapped inside. Photo: Ryan McKellar/Royal Saskatchewan Museum
The fossil was found in a market in Myanmar. Photo: Ryan McKellar/Royal Saskatchewan Museum
The fossil was found in a market in Myanmar. Photo: Ryan McKellar/Royal Saskatchewan Museum

A 99-million-year-old dinosaur tail has been found trapped in a piece of amber at a market in northern Myanmar, near the Chinese border.

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